Detective in the Red Chamber

"Is this."

So he frowned and pondered for a while, before Sun Shaozong thought about it and said, "The case of Zhou's family being exterminated, and Zang Liang being instigated to privately manipulate the White Lotus Sect bandits, all happened recently, but this 'Leopard Taiyi Jinwan', Your Majesty has only recently started taking it, and I suspect that there may be some connection between it..."

"grown ups."

Mrs. Zhou listened to him and really questioned the medicine, and hurriedly reminded, "This is the prescription offered by King Zhongshun, and the Sajia also heard that the prince has used it for nearly a year, and he is sure that it is beneficial and harmless, so he dares to offer it to His Majesty!"

"Yes, my lord."

Chen Banxia couldn't help but said, "This prescription has been tried by Taizi Hospital for more than a month, and it is indeed a good medicine for nourishing yin and nourishing kidney, and there is nothing wrong with it."

It turned out to be the prescription offered by King Zhongshun!

No wonder Emperor Guangde, who has always been cautious, would take this 'Baotai Yijin Pill' with confidence.

Of course, this is also because he is eager to beg for a son right now. If it were before the crown prince had an accident, Emperor Guangde might not...

and many more? !

According to this logic, could it be that the prince's case was indeed the work of Prince Yizhong?

Or in other words, the Niu family and Prince Yizhong's remnant party have actually colluded together?

At that time, rumors were released pointing to Prince Yizhong, whether it was his best friend trying to capture him, or the Niu family turning their faces and denying him.

Sun Shaozong was recalling the details of the 'Longen Case' in his heart, and the eunuch Zhou saw that he was speechless for a long time, but he froze there only when he was scared and couldn't find a suitable step for a while.

"grown ups."

So he asked thoughtfully again, "Where do you think we should start our investigation?"

Unexpectedly, when Sun Shaozong came back to his senses, he immediately blurted out, "Let's start with this 'Leopard Taiyi Jin Pill'!"

Eunuch Zhou was dumbfounded immediately, and cautiously reminded, "But the prince..."

If there is no conclusive evidence, Sun Shaozong may have to consider the risk issue, but in the current situation, why hesitate?

He said unquestionably, "We are looking for 'Baotai Yijin Pills', not Prince Zhongshun!"

These words are actually a bit unreasonable, but Eunuch Zhou is afraid that Sun Shaozong will put on little shoes for him—for example, he will find out some corruption cases by the way—so although he doesn’t take it seriously, he can’t say anything more.

"grown ups."

Chen Banxia didn't take this into consideration, and was always a straight-talking master, so she immediately came out from behind the short couple, and argued that "this prescription is being checked by the Qin court in person, and there are two imperial doctors to assist it— —I have already tried everything that should be tried, even if my lord asks the lower officials to try again, I am afraid that there will be no tricks."

These words made Sun Shaozong's brain, which was in a state of excitement, slightly lower the temperature.

Indeed, if there are any obvious side effects of this Leopard Taiyi Jin Pill, it is impossible for the hospital not to notice it.

Besides, King Zhongshun has been taking it for almost a year, and even a small dose of chronic poison should show some effect-if it takes several years to get the effect, Prince Yizhong may not be able to survive it. Toxic hair.

As for the original version of Leopard Taiyi Jin Wan, it will suddenly become poisonous after a year...

Don't ask Chen Banxia, ​​Sun Shaozong himself vetoed it first - such poisons don't exist in ancient times, even in modern times with a developed chemical industry, they don't exist.

Or maybe...

Is it necessary to be stimulated by a specific condition for the poisoning reaction to occur?

However, Chen Banxia still shook his head, "Qin Yuanzheng has also tried it, and there is no medicinal conflict between the various meals eaten in the palace and this prescription."

"What about rouge powder, spices, etc.? Is there any conflict with the rouge powder used by ladies?"

"I also tried it, and there was no drug-related conflict."

This is really strange!

If it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's preconceived idea that this 'Leopard Taiyi Jin Pill' must be tricky, his confidence would be shaken at this time.

He couldn't think of other possibilities for a while, but he was unwilling and unable to give up the investigation, so after pondering for a long time, he simply said, "Chen Jianzheng is not the person who handles it after all, why don't you send someone to invite Qin Yuanzheng, so I can face him. He asks."

Chapter 560 King and Empress

the second

Although Chen Banxia didn't agree with Sun Shaozong's persistence, he was a man who abided by the rules and did his duty. He got Sun Shaozong's order without complaining, and went directly to the imperial hospital.

Of course, this may also be because he didn't want to face Sun Shaozong's face of not admitting defeat anymore, so he hurried out of the way.

hmm~

Just let him be the former.

After Chen Banxia left, Sun Shaozong did not let eunuch Zhou idle, and divided him and the twelve young eunuchs into several waves to collect recipes from the imperial dining room, specimens of various plants in the palace, and rouge, Water powder, spices and so on.

As for Sun Shaozong himself...

Is there anyone in this palace who can wander around casually?

It's better to be honest and solve lunch and dinner together first.

Because Qin Ming, the director of the Imperial Hospital, was not on duty in the palace today, Chen Banxia had to go to the Imperial Hospital to look for him.

Tai Hospital is located near the Zhengyang Gate in the south of the Imperial Palace, about five or six miles away from Yongning Palace in a straight line.

But Chen Banxia didn't come in and out according to the order. According to the rules, he could only go to the Xuanwu Gate in the opposite direction.

So when Chen Banxia led Qin Ming back, the sky had already started to darken.

Sun Shaozong was reading the menu while digesting the four oven-dried roast ducks in his stomach. Seeing the two people rushing in from the outside, he hurriedly got up and said, "Brother Qin, I'm afraid I'm going to work you too hard this time."

During the "Longgen Case", both of them had been bored in the Prince's Mansion for a long time. They had similar official ranks and belonged to the same camp, so they naturally established a certain degree of personal friendship.

So Qin Ming didn't hide from him, and complained straight to the point, "I heard what your brother meant, I also heard Ban Xia on the way, but I tried that prescription many times, and it is indeed a good medicine for nourishing the body. "

Sun Shaozong smiled casually, ignored the complaint in his words, and only asked, "But I don't know how the old man tried it?"

"Is this..."

Qin Ming saw that there was no one else around, and then he said under his breath, "Since that thing is aphrodisiac, how else can I try it? I found a few death row prisoners in the Ministry of Punishment, and I also found a few official prostitutes. Every day Eat and drink and serve them, let them fight in bed!"

This way...

It's really straightforward!

But it is indeed effective - don't you see that the medicines invented by later generations also have to go through clinical trials first?

"Come on!"

Sun Shaozong immediately greeted the outside, and ordered the dragon guards outside to bring his own handwriting to Shuntian Mansion, and choose some death row prisoners and private prostitutes to come back.

As the governor of Shuntian Mansion, other things may not be very convenient, but it is easy to transfer a few prisoners.

What's more coincidental is that the group of private prostitutes collected in the mansion a few days ago have not yet had time to be sent to serve in the army.

After thinking about it, Sun Shaozong added, "Try to find death row prisoners who are over 50 years old."

Although it seems a little inconsistent with the political correctness of these days to use half a hundred old people as guinea pigs, but at this juncture, who cares about respecting the old and loving the young?

Besides, they were all going to die on the left and right, and it was better to die under the peony flowers than to have their heads landed at Caishikou.

As for those whores...

Since there is a problem with the medicine taken internally by the man, it must not be implicated in them.

It would take some time for these mice to arrive, so Sun Shaozong asked Qin Ming to take a seat first, and then asked about the medicine for nourishing yin and nourishing kidney, if it was toxic, what kind of reaction would it cause.

"That's a lot."

Qin Ming has done a lot of research on this, and he opened his mouth and said, "The common ones are those that are too powerful, leading to impotence and death; those that make people overexcited, resulting in immediate seizures; the properties of the medicine are not easy to absorb, and accumulate in the body to form malignant sores..."

"As for the death methods caused by mixing other poisons, there are all kinds of strange things."

"correct."

Speaking of this, Qin Ming looked out again, and then he laughed and said, "I heard that in the sixth year of Jianping, there was an eunuch who mistakenly took this stuff, couldn't vent his anger and died of madness."

Jianping six years?

That should be more than 40 years ago, when the Supreme Emperor seemed to be in his 30s, right?

It seems that it is really not an easy task to deal with so many women in the palace.

"Brother."

Sun Shaozong asked again, "Generally taking this kind of medicine, is there any side taboo?"

"Are you taboo..."

Qin Ming twirled his beard, pointed at him and said, "Don't drink too much, try not to eat spicy, greasy and other foods that are not easy to digest - nothing else, and these taboos are generally not harmful to life."

Although the word "general" means that there is still a chance of life being hurt, but this way of betting on the probability may not be worthy of the title of "Leopard Taiyi Jin Wan".

"where……"

Sun Shaozong was still waiting to ask some other details, but he heard the uneven salute sound suddenly sounded outside.

"My lord."

"The humble job has seen the prince."

"The servant has seen the prince!"

tsk~

At this time, the only prince who can still enter the palace is probably King Zhongshun.

So when he heard the news, Sun Shaozong immediately gave Chen Banxia a sideways glance, and seeing his face full of surprise, he guessed that it was probably the eunuch Zhou who leaked the news.

Of course, this may not be Eunuch Zhou's own intention, perhaps some young eunuch made his own decision - but a responsibility of not being strict can't be escaped no matter what.

He secretly made a note to eunuch Zhou, and then Sun Shaozong got up and went out to meet him.

Sure enough, as soon as he reached the center of the hall, he saw a person walking in with his head held high, wearing a bright yellow four-toed python robe, but who else could it be if it wasn't King Zhongshun?

The three hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The next official, Sun Shaozong, Qin Ming, and Chen Banxia have seen the prince."

King Zhongshun flicked his sleeves and replied, "There is no need to be too polite", and then he went to the main seat on his own. The Dama Jindao went to the back of the book table, and said in a deep voice, "I heard that you suspect that the 'leopard fetus' Is there a problem with the prescription of Yijinwan? Well, it’s really good!”

The coldness in that voice, coupled with his reputation for being moody, immediately made Qin Ming and Chen Banxia's complexions change drastically.

But Sun Shaozong had already guessed that he was not a good comer, so how could he be frightened by a few words?

Turning around calmly, he cupped his hands neither humble nor overbearing and said, "My lord, don't blame me, a few strange incidents have happened recently, and my subordinates have been ordered to investigate thoroughly, and I will never be negligent—and the 'Leopard Taiyi Tendon Pill' was only delivered recently." For those in the palace, it is inevitable to investigate."

"What a dare not be negligent!"

King Zhongshun stared at Sun Shaozong and sneered for a long while, then suddenly showed his face and said, "Come on, your majesty is right. If someone else has changed this matter, they may not dare to continue the investigation."

slap~

He slapped the table with a slap, and said, "If that's the case, I really want to underestimate you——now that you dare to investigate, then let's investigate to the end until the problem is found! I will accompany you here." Let's check it out, when will you check it out!"

If King Zhongshun would talk about his own experience and the clinical tests of the Tai Hospital as soon as he came up, it would be easy to pass the time.

But what he kept saying was that he supported Sun Shaozong's thorough investigation of the matter, and his idea of ​​making Sun Shaozong look good if he couldn't find out, although it was beyond words, he didn't blurt it out.

Since he didn't even have "no evidence to speak out", even if something was found out afterwards, he could take the opportunity to shirk responsibility; but if nothing was found out, Sun Shaozong was afraid that he might not be able to pass this test.

Seeing through the key points, Qin Ming couldn't help but sweat for Sun Shaozong.

But Sun Shaozong had the bottom line in his heart, but how could he have the slightest fear?

Instead, he climbed along the pole and said, "Since the prince is so considerate of the subordinate, the subordinate has no choice but to overstep - may I ask the prince what taboos he usually has?"

"No."

King Zhongshun shook his head without hesitation, then pointed at Qin Ming and said, "Qin Yuanzheng has already asked this king about this matter."

"Yes."

Qin Ming nodded and said, "I asked the cook of the palace at the beginning, and found that the prince's preferences are similar to those of your majesty, and there is nothing taboo about it."

After a pause, he added, "However, the prince doesn't like sandalwood and the like, and the family rarely uses it."

Normally, hearing this supplement should brighten your eyes, but Sun Shaozong sighed instead, and said helplessly, "In this way, brother Qin must have tried sandalwood?"

"That's right. After learning that the prince doesn't like sandalwood, I will order people to light all kinds of sandalwood from morning till night."

As Qin Ming spoke, he couldn't help but cast him a self-seeking look.

tsk~

It seems that it may not be so easy to find Qin Ming's omissions.

Fortunately, I only need to prove that the Leopard Tai Yijin Pill can poison people to death, so I can try various things at the same time. As for what caused the chemical reaction, it will not be too late for Qin Ming to study it carefully in the future.